Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-04
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proving the church.
Rev. Or. John Hall, the well-known
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, New York city, delivered an I'M
presslve sermon before large audience
in the Presbyterian church at Orlando
Monday night.
Monday last an eight-foot alligator was
killed in Coombs Il Co.'s log boom at Apa-
lachicola. He was assaulted with pike
poles and axes and finally cut open. The
remains OF several geese were FOUND In
the saurian's stomach.
Drs. Rush and Marler, of ApaIachicola,
have on exhibition at their drug store
quite a curiosity in the shape OF four
legged chicken. 1t has the ap-
pearance of a young chick just from the
shell, The four legs, toes, ETC., are per-
fectly formed.
Annie Kelley, the white woman who
has been 30 jail at Gainesville for the
past few days on suspicion of being con-
nected with a band Of burglars, was
taken to Cedar Key Tuesday evening.
She is thought to know something about
some burglaries committed there re-
Gently.
The Pensacola street railway property
was finally transferred to the PURCHASE z
New York syndicate Tuesday. and the
balance due. the sum Of $4,000, paid
over. The purchasers contemplate the
utilization of all the property's unim-
proved franchises, and 1t Will be but q
short time when easy communication by
street railway with any part OF the city
will be possible.
A roll of tin roofing which was being
hoisted to the top OF the kednev building,
at Orlando, on Tuesday morning, fell
from height OF about forty feet, striking
q w mn
juring him dangerously. The full strength
OF the shock was broken by the roll of tin
striking a ladder, else the man must have
been instantly killed, as the roll weighed
about 100 pounds.
Almost the entire force at the life saw
ing station near Pensacola were poisoned
last week-two so seriously as to necessi-
tate their removal to the hospital ia that
city. where they are rapidly yielding TO
treatment. The cause OF their illness 10
said to be from using ciStern water which
ran from recently painted root, their
being poisonous constituents in the paint.
While the hOusekeeper OF Germania
Hose COmpany's truck house at Pensa.
cola was out for a few minutes Saturday
evening some vicious vandal entered the
stall where Charlie" the company's
horse, is kept, and plunged knife in the
animals side. The boys can obtain no
cine to the perpetrator of the cowardly
and dastsrdly deed, and 1t is good for the
fellows hide that they cannot.
Charles Mills, OF Orlando, sent out lot
OF clothes TO wash woman Tuesday.
A short time afterward he discovered
that he had left 800 in the pocket of one
of the garments. He Immediately repair
ed to the woman's domicile and demanded
the money, but the wash woman denied
all knowled e OF it. Officer Bryant was
then consulted. and succeeded in induc-
ing the woman to hand over the amount.
The silk season has opened at Spring
Garden. Mrs. Fox, of national reputa-
ton as an authority on matters pertain
ing to silk culture. has charge of Mai.
Norris silk farm. The Commodore has
reconstructed the cocOonery, and 1t is
now, Mrs. Fox declares, 1.-THE most per-
feet building Of its Kind in the United
States" 1t is newly ceiled and plastered.
A wide porch has been built across the
front, fireplaces to add to the comfort of
the little creatures, and an abundance OF
racks, trays and leaves. Already 1000
eggs have hatcbed out. Visitors have
already begun to call to "see the sights"
Mrs. Fox proposes conducting many in
teresting experiments in the cocoonery
this season.
Pensacola Commercial: Capt. S. K.
Baldwin and Second Maze James Hess,
leaving First Mate, Mrs. Baldwin, on
board, paid the Commercial visit this
morning. The three, on wager of 500,
and with side bets amounting to nearly
$1,000, are sailing in the sloop yacht Daisy
rom Lake Minnetonka, in Minnesota. to
Tampa, Fla, and are now about $3.50
miles from the starting point. They have
vet TO make about $50 miles, and will /
probably put into St. Andrews Bay, Apa.
lachicola, st. Marks and Cedar Key be-
fore concluding the trip. They lett Fort
Morgan at noon Saturday, arriving off
Pensacola light at duck, same day, and
came up to the city yesterday morning.
They are all ia good health
and spirits, the trip having
vastly improved each of them physically.
The DaIsy's dimensions are 80 feet over
all, IL feet 6 inches beam, length OF keel
81 feet. One condition of the wager is
that no pilot, compass or tow boat shall
assist the voyagers. In small tent on
Heron's wharf a reporter found Messrs.
ID. Il. McCrackin and Robert McGaw,
and. hauled alongside the bank, the canoe
Fairfield, in which the pair had come all
the way from Fairfield, Ia. bound for
Fla. The gentlemen are recruit
ing health and spirits, and Mr.. McCrack-
in, VINO is rather elderly, has gained %
pounds of flesh since leaving home, and
BOW weighs III pounds, that weight be-
ing greater than he had ever attained be-
fore. These two will leave III tow of the
yacht Daisy, mentioned above.